CLI v1 Commands
Note
See CLI v2 for an updated CLI.
This document lists the all CLI commands you use to perform system administration tasks.
For Cluster Operators¶
Use these commands against the Director to manage deployments and associated assets.
Director Location¶
bosh target [DIRECTOR_URL] [ALIAS]
Connects to the Director URL/IP that you specify for ongoing communication. You can provide ALIAS to set an alias for the Director. Displays the currently targeted Director if you do not provide a URL.
bosh login [USERNAME] [PASSWORD]
Authenticates a user with the Director when you provide a username and password. Prompts for this information if you omit it.
bosh status [--uuid]
Displays the configuration file and deployment manifest in use, and information about the BOSH Director such as name, URL, version, current username, UUID, and CPI.
Users¶
Use these commands to create and delete users on the Director.
bosh create user [USERNAME] [PASSWORD]
Creates a user with the Director. Prompts you for a USERNAME and PASSWORD if you omit this information.
bosh delete user [USERNAME]
Deletes a specific user from the BOSH Director. Prompts you for a USERNAME if you omit this information.
Releases¶
bosh releases [--jobs]
Displays the list of available releases.
bosh upload release [RELEASE_FILE] [--rebase] [--skip-if-exists] bosh upload release RELEASE_URL
Uploads the file that you specify as a release. If you do not provide a RELEASE_FILE, you must run this command from a valid release directory.
bosh delete release NAME [VERSION] [--force]
Deletes a release and associated jobs, packages, compiled packages, and all package metadata. Fails if a deployment references this release.
bosh inspect release NAME/VERSION
Prints release jobs and packages and their associated blobstore records as known by the Director.
bosh export release NAME/VERSION OS/VERSION
Exports given release as a tarball, including compiled packages for stemcell that matches OS and version.
Stemcells¶
bosh stemcells
Displays the name, version, and CID of available stemcells.
bosh upload stemcell STEMCELL_PATH [--skip-if-exists] bosh upload stemcell STEMCELL_URL
Uploads specified stemcell. See stemcells section of bosh.io for all available stemcells.
bosh delete stemcell NAME VERSION [--force]
Deletes a stemcell and all associated compiled packages. Fails if any deployment references this stemcell.
Cloud config¶
bosh cloud-config
Displays current cloud config saved in the Director.
bosh update cloud-config FILE_PATH
Updates currently saved cloud config in the Director. See cloud config description.
Runtime config¶
bosh runtime-config
Displays current runtime config saved in the Director.
bosh update runtime-config FILE_PATH
Updates currently saved runtime config in the Director. See runtime config description.
Deployment¶
bosh deployments
Displays the list of created deployments on the Director. Shows stemcells and releases used by each deployment.
bosh deployment [FILE_PATH]
Switches the CLI to operate on the deployment specified by the deployment manifest FILE_PATH. Displays the current deployment if you omit FILENAME.
bosh deploy [--recreate]
Creates/updates or recreates a deployment.
bosh download manifest DEPLOYMENT_NAME [FILE_PATH]
Downloads and saves the deployment manifest of the deployment DEPLOYMENT_NAME to FILE_PATH.
bosh delete deployment DEPLOYMENT_NAME [--force]
Deletes job instances, VMs, disks, snapshots, templates associated with the deployment DEPLOYMENT_NAME.
Job/VM Health¶
bosh instances [--ps] [--details] [--vitals]
Displays a table that provides an overview of the instances in a current deployment. You can specify the following options:
- ps: includes process information
- details: includes VM cloud ID, agent ID
- vitals: includes load, CPU, memory, swap, system disk, ephemeral disk, and persistent disk usage
bosh vms [DEPLOYMENT_NAME] [--details] [--vitals]
Displays a table that provides an overview of the VMs in DEPLOYMENT_NAME. You can specify the following options:
- details: includes VM cloud ID, agent ID
- vitals: includes load, CPU, memory, swap, system disk, ephemeral disk, and persistent disk usage
bosh recreate JOB [INDEX] [--force]
Stops the job process, recreates the VM, creates the job instance on the new VM, then starts the job process. --force
executes the command even if the local manifest doesn't match the version the BOSH director has.
bosh stop JOB [INDEX] [--hard] [--force]
Stops the job processes, and if --hard is specified deletes a VM keeping persistent disks.
bosh start JOB [INDEX] [--force]
Creates a VM and reattaches active persistent disk if VM does not exist, then starts the job processes.
Resurrection¶
bosh vm resurrection [STATE] bosh vm resurrection JOB INDEX [STATE]
Sets resurrection state (on or off) for all VMs managed by the Director or for a single deployment job instance.
bosh cck [DEPLOYMENT_NAME] [--auto] [--report]
Scans for differences between the VM state database that the Director maintains and the actual state of the VMs. For each difference the scan detects, bosh cck offers possible repair options.
Errands¶
bosh errands
Displays a table that lists all available errands for the set deployment.
bosh run errand ERRAND_NAME [--download-logs] [--logs-dir DESTINATION_DIRECTORY]
Instructs the BOSH Director to run the named errand on a job instance on a VM.
SSH¶
bosh ssh [--gateway_host HOST] [--gateway_user USER] [--gateway_identity_file FILE] [--default_password PASSWORD]
Executes a command or starts an interactive shell via SSH. You can tunnel the SSH connection over a gateway by specifying additional options.
bosh ssh JOB [INDEX] [COMMANDS]
When you provide arguments without an option flag, the Director executes the arguments as commands on the job VM. For example, bosh ssh redis 0 "ls -R" runs the ls -R command on the redis/0 job VM.
Director Tasks¶
bosh tasks [--no-filter]
Displays a table that lists the following for all currently running tasks: ID number, state, timestamp, user, description, and result.
bosh tasks recent [COUNT] [--no-filter]
Displays a table that lists the following for the last COUNT tasks: ID number, state, timestamp, user, description, and result. COUNT defaults to 30.
bosh task [TASK_ID] [--event] [--cpi] [--debug] [--result] [--raw]
Displays the status of a task that you specify and tracks its output. You can track only one of the following log types at a time: event, CPI, debug, or result. Defaults to event.
Logs¶
bosh logs JOB [INDEX] [--agent] [--job] [--only filter1,filter2,...] [--dir DESTINATION_DIRECTORY]
Fetches a job or agent log from a VM. Supports custom filtering only for job logs.
Events¶
bosh events [--before-id ID] [--deployment NAME] [--task ID] [--instance NAME/ID]
Displays table that lists events based on filters specified. See events details.
Disks¶
bosh disks --orphaned
Displays disk CID, previous deployment and instance, and orphaned date of all orphaned persistent disks.
bosh attach disk DISK_ID INSTANCE_NAME/ID
Attaches persistent disk to given instance. Instance must be in the stopped state.
Snapshots¶
bosh snapshots
Displays the job, CID, and created date of all snapshots.
bosh take snapshot [JOB] [INDEX]
Takes a snapshot of the job VM that you specify. If you do not specify a JOB, takes a snapshot of every VM in your deployment.
bosh delete snapshots
Deletes all snapshots.
bosh delete snapshot SNAPSHOT_CID
Deletes a snapshot.
For Release Maintainers¶
Use these commands against the Director to create and update releases.
Release Creation¶
bosh create release [MANIFEST_FILE] [--name NAME] [--version VERSION] [--with-tarball] [--force]
Creates a development release.
bosh create release [MANIFEST_FILE] [--name NAME] [--version VERSION] [--with-tarball] [--force] --final
Creates a final release.
bosh finalize release RELEASE_PATH [--name NAME] [--version VERSION]
Create a final release from a development release tarball (assumes current directory to be a release directory).
Blobs¶
bosh blobs
Lists blobs pending an upload.
bosh upload blobs
Uploads new and updated blobs to the blobstore.